Couch-truck



No. 750,936. PATENTED FEB.'2, 1904. J. J. BLODT & T. H. DANA.

COUCH TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1903.

H0 MODEL.

I I I UNITED STATES Patented February 2, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. BL ODT AND THOMAS H. DANA, OF OLINTON, IOWA, ASSIGNORS TO CLAIR MUNSON, OF CLINTON, IOWA.

COUCH-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,936, dated February 2, 1904.

Applicationfiled July 24, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN J. BLODT and THoMAs H. DANA, citizens of the United States, residing at Clinton, in the county of Clinton, State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Couch-Trucks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to. the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a couch-truck particularly adapted to support and display a couch or similar article of furniture in the most convenient position.

The invention has for an object to provide a platform having standards to which the legs at one end of the couch may be connected, so that the couch may be supported in an upright position to occupy a minimum amount of space in a storage or display room and may be conveniently lowered into a horizontal position whenever found desirable.

A further object of the invention is to provide supporting-bars to embrace the legs of the couch and means for adjusting said bars toward and from each other.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth, and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective of the rear of the truck, showing a couch supported thereon in a vertical position; Fig. 2, a similar view with a couch lowered into a horizontal position and portion thereof broken away; Fig. 3, a detail perspective of the front of the truck, and Fig. 4; an enlarged vertical section of the adjustable supports for the cross-bars.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

The letter A designates a platform of the truck, which may be of any desired configurationfor instance, rectangular, as shown and provided with rollers or casters A, so that it may be easily moved into different positions. At one side of the platform one or more vertical standards A may be provided, and each of these standards is provided with supporting blocks A adjustably mounted Serial No. 166,868- (No model.)

thereon and having sockets A therein to re- 5 ceive the cross-bars B, which are adapted and constructed to engage the opposite sides of the legs of the couch at one end thereof, as

shown in Fig. 1, and thus retain the couch in a vertical position at all times connected to the 5 5 standards.

The blocks A may be adjusted in any desired manner; but a preferred construction thereof is shown in Fig. 4, where the bail O is provided, pivotally connected at O to the block A while at the opposite side of the standard A a cross-pin O is secured to the bail and provides a bearing against the face ofthe standard. The portion O of the bail beyond this pin forms ahandle by which it may be 6 5 slightly oscillated with the pin O as a pivot, so as to throw the block A away from the standard, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4:, thus permitting an adjustment of the block to any desired position upon the standard, while 7 when the bail and block are turned into the full-line position the face of the block engages the standard and holds the parts in their adjusted position. I

In the operation of the invention the holding-bars are engaged by the opposite sides of the couch-legs, so that the latter is supported on one end, which is the most desirable position for displaying the same and in such a position as to preventthe collection of dust and dirt thereon while occupying a minimum amount of space in the storage or display room. This truck also permits the couch to be turned in its position so that both the upper and under faces thereof may be examined 5 and the couch may be readily-lowered into a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 2, Without displacing its connection with the truck, which remains in fixed relation thereto at all times. The construction of the bail for ad- 9 justing and clamping the holding-blocks permits a movement of these blocks by a simple oscillation of the bail, so that no screws or other adjustments are necessary to clamp the holding-bars in their position, and this position may be changed to any part of the standards found necessary in engaging the bars with the opposite faces of the couch-legs.

It Will be obvious that changes may be made in the details of construction and configuration Without departing from the spirit of invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having defined our invention and set forth its merits, what We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a couch-truck, a platform, vertical supporting means at one side thereof, and parallel holding-bars disposed upon said supporting means to embrace the opposite faces of the legs at one end of a couch.

2. In a couch-truck, a platform,vertical supporting means at one side thereof, parallel holding-bars disposed upon said supporting means to embrace the opposite faces of the legs at one end of a couch, and means for adjusting the said bars toward and from each other.

3. In a couch-truck, a platform, vertical supporting means at one side thereof, parallel holding-bars disposed upon said supporting means, blocks to receive said bars, a bail pivoted to each of said blocks and embracing said supporting means, and a bearing for said bail at the opposite side of the supporting means from the block.

4. In acouch-truck, a platform, supporting means at one side thereof, a block having a straight face to engage said supporting means, a bail embracing the supporting means and pivotally connected to said block, a cross-pin carried by said bail at the opposite side of the supporting means from said block, a handle to said bail beyond said cross-pin, and a holding-bar supported by said block.

5. In a couch-truck, a platform, supporting means extending upward therefrom, a holding-bar, and asupport for said bar having a pivotally mounted means surrounding the supporting means for frictionally adjusting said bar thereon.

6. In a couch-truck, a platform,vertical supporting means thereon, parallel holding-bars on said supporting means, and means for adjusting one of said bars toward and from the other. I

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN J. BLODT. THOMAS H. DANA. Witnesses:

CAsEL ESTABROOK, F. A. PIEPER. 

